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Need help turning frowning relatives in to somewhat happy group


alkinet

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Hi all,

This is a photo of my wife's family in Greece. (My mother in law is the youngest daughter in front.) I tried various (albeit extremely novice) techniques to try and bring a little happiness to the group. Impossible for me to pull it off. That much more difficult as this is a very old image and small file size. If this is too difficult or not interesting, no worries at all. Thanks for your consideration.
 

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fredfish

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I suspect in a situation like this less is more. So I have very subtly applied a slight smile to each person (as well as very slightly tweaking the eyes). Very much more and it looks very fake (IMHO). However if you want more I can apply more.

This is - as I am sure you know - very typical of this type of photo.

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Cheers

John
 

alkinet

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Thank you so much for taking time to work on this. Your comments were also very helpful. Many times, less is more. Otherwise, it turns out looking like a family of Joker's from Batman. I know this from trying myself.

Cheers & thanks again.

Jonathan
 

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